Seated Male Deity Holding a Parasol and an Unidentified Object

Seated Male Deity Holding a Parasol and an Unidentified Object

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This bronze sculpture is from Nganjuk, on the Indonesian island of Java, and dates to the Eastern Javanese period, from the last quarter of the tenth through the first half of the eleventh century. It is part of a large group that forms a Vajradhatu mandala.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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